Rail-joint.



N. SMIAR.

IL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1912.

1,037,801 Patented Sept. 3, 1912] WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS rcnoLAsSMIAR, or BBADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

" Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3,1912.

Application filed June 8, 1912. Serial No. 702,540.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS SMIAR, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Braddock, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to rail joints, and the objects of my inventionare to provide a rail chair for supporting the confronting or abutting'ends of rails whereby said rails cannot become accidentally displaced,and to provide a rail chair that is made of a single piece of malleablemetal bent and shaped to firmly brace the confronting, ends of rails.

Further objects of my invention are to provide a rail chair that can beeasily and quickly installed by unskilled labor for supporting theconfronting ends of rails, and:

to accomplish the above results by a mechanical'constructi on thatisinexpensive to manufacture, durable and highly efficient for thepurposes for which it is intended.

I attain the above objects by a rail chair that will be hereinafterspecifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be hadto the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a' perspective view of the railjoint. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is aplan of a blank piece of metal from which the rail chair-is made.

A rail chair in accordance with this invention is made of malleablemetal and the blank from which the chair is formed is designated 1 andby reference to Fig. 3, it will be observed that this blank issubstantially rectangular in lan. The longitudinal edges of the blank 1,at the ends thereof, are provided with lateral extensions 2 thataretriangular in plan. The blank 1 is provided with spike openings 3 andsaid blank is bent upon the dash lines 4:, 5 and 6. In

bending the blank upon the dash lines 4,

lateral flanges 7, are formed that support splice-bars 8, and when theextensions 2 are bent, said extensions provide triangular shaped bracesfor the splice-bars 8, as best shown in Fig. 1. "The spike openings ofthe lateral flanges. 7 vertically aline with 'the' the rail chair uponthe tie, besides prevent-.

ing longitudinal displacement of the rails relatively to the chair.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have eliminated the use"of nuts and bolts for connecting the abutting or confronting ends ofrails, and the chair obviates the necessity of using tie plates. I

What I claimis In a rail joint, the combination with a tie and theabutting ends of rails, of arail chair arranged upon said tie andadapted to support said rails, said rail chair bein formed of arectangular malleable blan having the longitudinal edges thereof at theends provided with triangular shaped extensions, said blank having aplurality of spike openings formed therein, said blank being bent toprovide lateral flanges and splice-bars adapted to engage the sides ofsaid rails, said extensions being bent to provide triangular .braces forsaid splice-bars, and spikes extending through the openings of saidchair and the base flanges of said rails for retaining said chair uponsaid tie.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

NIoHoLAs SMIAR. Witnesses NICHOLAS L. BOGAN, MAX H. SROLOVITZ,

